•ACADEMIC•SENATE•
MINUTES
Thursday, September 10, 2015
2:00 – 3:45 p.m.
Room I-207
Present: Alicia Muñoz, Paul Carmona (Vice President), Lindy Brazil, Daniel Curtis, Ed Cline (Proxy for Seth Slater),
Claudia Cuz-Flores, Ian Duckles, Courtney Hammond, Nanyamka Hill, Kristin McGregor, Angela Nesta,
Kathryn Nette, Lilia Pulido (Proxy for Raad Jerjis), Patricia Santana, Robert Stafford.
Absent: Michael Aubry, Raad Jerjis, Dave Raney, Seth Slater, Patrick Thiss, Joe Young
Others: Donna Riley
The Senate minutes are recorded and published in summary form. Readers of these minutes must understand that recorded comments in these minutes do
not represent the official position of the Academic Senate. The Academic Senate expresses its official positions only through votes noted under “Action.” In
accordance to the Ralph M. Brown Act guidelines, Senators voting “nay” or abstaining will be identified. All other present members will be assumed to
have voted “aye.
CALL TO ORDER: Alicia Munoz, President called the meeting to order at 2:06pm
I. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - August, 27 2015 minutes were approved as amended:
M/S Nette/Curtis with the spelling correction of Jeri Edelen and the removal of
Asma Yassi from the attendance list because she has been replaced with Claudia
Cuz-Flores.
II. PRESIDENT’S REPORT
A. Announcements –None
B. GCCCD Governing Board Report - The Governing Board approved the Adoption
Budget on Tuesday, September 8th. It was said this is the best budget the College
has seen in years. However, due to the increase to our CalSTRS and CalPERS
benefits, it still leaves us with funding issues, but we are not in the red. With our
new budget the College will be able to hire seven new full-time faculty positions.
C. Achieving the Dream – Friday, September 18th from 9am-1pm in I-207-I-209 is
the Achieve the Dream Kick-off event. The Senate urges all to attend, if possible.
Please RSVP to Laci Diaz.
D. Sabbatical Workshops – The workshops will be held Monday, September 21st
from 1-2pm in I-209 and Thursday, September 24th from 5-6pm in I-209.
III. VICE PRESIDENT’S REPORT
A. Appointments were made to the Curriculum Committee-Laurie LeBlanc, Sarah
Martin, Osvaldo Torres and Bradly McCombs.
VI. PART TIME SENATOR REPORT- Sarah Martin was appointed to the Curriculum
Committee and will be compensated for her time. It was agreed that part-time
senators would not be compensated for their time because this is an elected position.
VII. COMMITTEE REPORTS
A. Accreditation Steering Committee Report– The committee met Friday,
September 4th and started appointing writing teams that will work on the midterm report. The mid-term report will need to address all nine of our
recommendations as well as the actionable improvement plans. Alicia Munoz,
Senate President, presented this report in Seth Slater’s absence.
Academic Senate Minutes: 9/10/15
Approved: 9/24/15
B. Basic Skills and Student Success Committee – Alicia Munoz, Senate President,
gave a handout of the proposed changes to the charge and composition. Seats have
been added to the committee and language has been added to the charge that
addresses student equity. It was stated that the charge appeared to be light on
faculty representation from other disciplines other than Basic Skills. The Senate
has asked that the composition be reviewed and add more faculty representation
from other areas.
C. Senate Officers Committee - Alicia Muñoz, Senate President, proposed adding an
officer representing Student Services to the Senate Officers Committee. The Senate
requested that the bylaws which address the composition of the Senate Officers
Committee be reviewed. The bylaws will be brought to the Senate at the next
meeting.
VII.
ACTION-None
VIII. INFORMATION
A. Student Equity Plan– Alicia Muñoz discussed the timeline to submit the Student
Equity Plan.
B. Honors Program – Dr. Kathryn Nette presented a proposal to establish an Honors
Program at Cuyamaca. (See Handout.) Kathryn would like to establish a subgroup
to put together more details about the program. Courtney Hammond and Claudia
Cuz-Flores have volunteered to be a part of this subgroup. It was suggested that a
resolution be drafted to show that the Senate is in support of this effort.
IX. Announcements/Public Comments- Lindy Brazil presented a resolution drafted to
protect the open space of the Grand Lawn (Central Park). (Please see handout.)
The resolution will come to the Senate as an action item at the next meeting.
Alicia Munoz, Senate President adjourned the meeting at 3:30pm.
Academic Senate Minutes: 9/10/15
Approved: 9/24/15
COMMITTEE/COUNCIL REQUEST
Person Submitting Request: Wei Zhou, VP Instruction &
Lauren Halsted, Co-Chair
Student Success and Basic Skills Committee
X Committee
Council
Action Requested:
Add
Delete
Date: September 8, 2014
Name of Committee:
Task Force
X Change*
Charge of Council/Committee:
The Committee is responsible for facilitating student learning & success among Basic Skills students such
that they achieve the foundational skills necessary to complete college-level work. These activities include
the areas of: organizational and administrative practices, program components, staff development, and
student equity, and instructional practices.
The Committee is responsible for applying the state-based criteria by which proposals for Basic Skills
funding will be reviewed and prioritized for available funding.
When ranking proposals for funding for requested activities, the Committee will also review the impact on
student equity, improvement and completion rates, as well as activity(ies)/interventions that worked or did
not work.
The committee will provide guidance for coordination of alternative funding sources (ex: grants, contracts,
etc.) that support basic skills.
The committee reports to the Cuyamaca College Council and the Academic Senate.
The committee serves as a channel for Basic Skills-related activities among and between departments and
organizational units of Student Services and Instruction.
Meeting Schedule:
First Friday from 9:00am – 11:00am
Chair: (Example: Vice President, Instruction)
Vice President of Instruction or Vice President of Student Services or a designated instructional administrator
Basic Skills Coordinator (Faculty)
Composition: (Example: Faculty Representative)
Vice President of Instruction
Vice President of Student Services
1 Instructional Dean
1 Student Services Administrator
1 Tutoring Center Specialist & Study Skills Representative
1 Classified Representative from Instruction or Student Services
Student Success Coordinator
1 Continuing Education & Workforce Development Representative
1 DSP&S Representative
6 7 Faculty – one each from English, ESL, reading, mathematics, Student Success Coordinator/counseling,
DSP&S and career technical education
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14 total
Resource: Representative from District Research Planning & Institutional Effectiveness
Other resource persons as needed
If change is requested, attach current structure and list proposed changes.
Honors Enrichment Program Draft Proposal : Initial Talking Points
September 10, 2015
Goals
To create a diverse learning community of faculty and students that will nurture
motivated students to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to achieve
success in their chosen field of study. This will include
• providing Honors Program students with personalized instruction and
counseling
• providing supplemental academic resources to students seeking greater
academic rigor and increased scholarship
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Program Design
Honors students will be embedded within traditional course sections in order to
promote the sharing of knowledge with non-honors peers. Each course section will
be limited to five honors students in a semester.
A discipline will designate an honors section for each desired course;
• It is not required that every course have an honors section
• Disciplines that desire to have honors sections of courses will be required to
submit modified course outlines to the curriculum committee that will
include the specific requirements for honors sections; this will be a
designated as an honors section on their transcript
• Faculty will not be required to participate in the honor program with honors
students; designated honors sections will be taught by an instructor who is
willing to be a part of the honors program
Students will apply to participate in the honors program and must maintain their
status in the program by doing the following
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A student must complete at least 4 (?) honors courses in a minimum of 3
disciplines to be recognized for completing the program, including an honors
seminar that will be team taught across disciplines (addresses critical
thinking, writing skills etc)
The Honors student will sign a contract with the instructor that outlines the
minimum specific work that will be completed during the semester
o A student who does not complete the honors work for the semester
will be transferred into the regular section of the class and be given a
grade in the non-honors section
Students will do additional work outside of the classroom for which they can
earn “points” to maintain their status in the program
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o Attend outside seminars (UCSD, SDSU, USD, others depending upon
discipline
o Volunteer work in chosen field of study
o Mentoring students who are in need in their discipline or class (study
skills, informal “tutoring”
o Attendance at So Cal Honors seminar program
o Many Other opportunities possible depending upon discipline
Advantages for students:
o Students in the program will have a designated counselor and a
faculty mentor who specifically works with them developing their
program of study
o Students in good standing in the program are given priority
registration
o Faculty are able to write much stronger and detailed letters of
recommendation for the students who participate in the program due
to the close academic relationships that are developed
o Development of stronger bonds between honors students and faculty
leading to increased student success, especially for disproportionately
impacted students
o Students develop leadership skills
What we will need to get started:
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Establish a pilot program for 15/16 academic year: will need at least 5
academic disciplines to participate representing
English (English 120?)
Math (College level math and Math 180)
Bio (Bio 230, Bio 130)
Chem (Chem 141)
Humanities? Which discipline(s) and courses?
An honors committee (sub-committee of the Academic Senate?) that reviews
application, monitors student progress in the program and sets up events
College Membership in the Honors Transfer Council of California (HTCC) http://htcca.org. (cost is about $120 per year for the college)
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Resolution: Protecting Central Park at Cuyamaca College
from Future Building
Whereas the Central Park, also known as the “Grand Lawn,” has served as an
iconic space that visually embodies Cuyamaca College’s public identity; and
Whereas the Central Park provides a safe, restful, natural, centrally located
refuge for students, staff, faculty, and community members; and
Whereas the Central Park promotes Cuyamaca College’s stated value of
environmental stewardship and sustainability through which “we take pride
in our campus and its resources,”
Let it be resolved that the Academic Senate of Cuyamaca College request that
the Board of Trustees, when considering future building projects at Cuyamaca
College, give primary consideration to finding building sites that do not
encroach upon the Central Park; and
Let it be further resolved that the Academic Senate of Cuyamaca College
request that the Board of Trustees establish a policy to protect the Central
Park from being despoiled by the encroachment of future building projects.